Portfolio

Selected Writing Samples

Position Papers (White Papers)

Roadside Weeds, Brush, and Erosion: How Your County or City Can Manage Them to Create Safe, Healthy Roadsides and Roads

Classroom Air Purifiers: Their Role in Improving Air Quality in K–12 Classrooms

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Saving Mowers and Wildlife: More DOTs Embracing Biodegradable Erosion Control, Stormwater magazine

On the Ranch with Prairie Dogs, Nebraska Life magazine

Butterflies Drink More Than Nectar — Here’s How to Turn Your Yard into an Oasis, Popular Science

Rural Iowa Residents Embrace Adopt-a-Prairie Program, Wild Ones Journal

Prepare a Slice of Your Yard For a Pollinator Garden, Modern Farmer

Outdoor Lighting May Affect Tiger Beetle, Lincoln Journal Star

Underground Treasure Trove, Lincoln Journal Star

Groundwater Groundwork, Lincoln Journal Star

Op-Ed

Essential Skills Training for the Workforce, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Government Reports

Environmental Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact, Little Bend River Restoration Project, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Reservation

Final Predation Management Plan for Least Tern and Piping Plover Habitat along the Missouri River

For a complete list of my government reports, click here.

Scientific Review Articles

The Use of GIS to Map and Assess Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Conservation

Tallgrass Prairie Ants: Their Species Composition, Ecology, and Response to Management, Journal of Insect Conservation

For a complete list of my scientific publications, click here.